Fairbanks is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fairbanks
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Fairbanks

How popular is Fairbanks?

Fairbanks is common in United States.

Fairbanks is ranked 34950 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fairbanks bearers increased by 5.789003 per cent in 2010 US census to 9466 since 2000, the surname slipped by 93 spots and ranked at 3743. The last name was found in around 32 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.87 85.46
American Indian and Alaska Native 6.22 6.39
Black 3.91 3.82
Others 2.84 2.22
Hispanic or Latino 2.37 1.45
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.79 0.65
Fairbanks is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 14231 people have been found who wears Fairbanks as their family name. Fairbanks is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
37,372 Georgia2
18,625 Japan2
18,718 Thailand2
897,276 Russia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
1,704,541 India1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
120,357 Argentina1
277,603 France1
17,236 Ghana1
3,586 Honduras1
8,859 Iraq1
153,416 Italy1
38,841 Scotland1
36,678 Singapore1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
1,879 Belize1
81,201 Switzerland1
971 Seychelles1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
26,164 Sweden36
14,048 Ireland16
29,517 New Zealand12
94,038 Spain11
Countries with hundreds of Fairbanks:
16,005 Brazil827
11,618 England532
13,016 Canada293
9,789 Australia286
39,199 Philippines258
22,865 South Africa256
71,225 Germany134
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with ten thousands of Fairbanks:
3,498 United States11,442
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 28 years old carder James Fairbanks who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on November 7, 1850 by America put out from Liverpool. G. Fairbanks (20) Immigrant, Workman John Fairbanks, are other Fairbanks that migrated to US.

Fairbanks Namesakes

    William Fairbanks, American film actor, active in the time of the silent movies
  • Charles W. Fairbanks, Former American senator
  • Jerry Fairbanks, Producer
  • Horace Fairbanks, American Politician
  • Avard Fairbanks, Sculptor
  • Jonathan Leo Fairbanks, Artist
  • John Fairbanks, Artist
  • Lloyd Fairbanks, Football player
  • Michelle Fairbanks, Actress
  • Cait Fairbanks, Theater Actor
  • Cassandra Fairbanks, Writer
  • Andy Fairbanks portrayed leading role of Steve in 2015 comedy flick My Awkward Dad.
  • In 2017 action and adventure flick, Thaw of the Dead, Heather Fairbanks played Mary.
  • Kimberly S. Fairbanks, from 2011 comedy, romance flick What Happens Next, who characterized Claire.

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